hoon 📰 @parkwrites tweeted.

first shot of tonight's after party for @cyberlee 😌🍻 (for legal purposes, i am drinking hot choco 😉)

1084 likes | 73 retweets

replies:

@cornjay the first thing you did after getting inside the bar was to take a shot ... you're hopeless 😮‍💨
↪@parkwrites yeah? did you want me to strip and do a pole dance first? just tell me 🤭
@chenleave hot choco flavored martini me thinks 😋
↪@parkwrites that sounds gross (i'll drink that)

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"oh for heaven's sake- you said you only invited our close friends!" jay yells right away after seeing the amount of people inside the bar.

he hasn't even gotten inside, but the blasting party music can probably be heard from miles. sunoo and ni-ki already went to hang out with their friends, while jay had to join sunghoon earlier just so he could buy heeseung a gift.

jake was supposed to come with him too but he told him to just go with ni-ki. for some unknown reason, sunghoon doesn't like jake that much.

honestly, i wasn't planning on buying him something but after what i witnessed... it feels like i would be an awful friend if i didn't give him anything.

sunghoon nodded, "yeah? obviously. this is my family, just the extended version."

this sarcastic son of a b- "you're not even family-oriented. this party is for heeseung, not you."

"and since when did you care about heeseung's well-being?" he looked at jay with a smirk. "stop your pity party for him, he won't like that. besides, think of this as a form of networking."

sunghoon winks at his friend before grabbing a drink from the waiter. "interact with strangers, form a bond, expand your horizon!"

jay sighed. whatever, it's not like he has a choice since sunghoon made this exclusive party happen. he steps inside the bar, looking around for familiar faces. he could see other seniors from different departments- and also why are there students from other universities?

"jay!" he almost jumps when someone hugs him from behind. "my honey bunch sugar plum bestie!"

"jake?"

jay turns around while jake's arms are still attached to his waist. "are you already drunk?"

"nah-uh, i'm not- oops!" jake lets out a giggle when he almost bumped into another person. "sorry, i might be a little dizzy."

"a little?" jay sighed before taking him out of the dance floor and towards the nearaest table he could find. "you're wasted. what did you even drink?"

jake shakes his head, trying his best to sit straight on the chair. "i'm not. it was just a smoothie- jungwon! come here!"

his best friend waves behind him, catching jungwon's attention. the younger smiles while walking towards them, holding a red cup of beer in one hand.

"hi hyung! uhm, wow... you look too drunk."

"yep, he does. was he with you earlier?" jay asked.

"no, i just got here." jungwon answered, "he was probably with his cousin, maybe they got separated. it's too crowded here."

"i know. sunghoon went a little overboard with the guest list." jay grabs jake's shoulder to stop him from standing and getting away from him.

"he did huh? he must love parties that much," jungwon raised an eyebrow before sipping on his drink. "anyways, i'll just have a quick tour around. i hope jake hyung's going to get sober later."

jay looked at him with confusion but didn't say anything else and just let jungwon walk away, leaving jake with him again.

what do i do with this drunkard? he sat beside him while glancing at jake who now looks like he's getting sleepy. his head is now hanging low, almost hitting the table.

looks like i'm going to babysit the whole night.

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🙉 @chenleave tweeted.

congratulations to the man of the hour! 🥳🥂 idk why he looks sad tho but LET'S PARTYYYYY

3947 likes | 286 retweets

replies:

@chenleave the likes?! 👀 i know my moots are thirsty af
↪@leejeno yep, just like you
↪@chenleave ???? that is blasphemy 😧
@parkwrites why is he drinking water
↪@chenleave i tried to swap his water with a whiskey and he almost gave me a punch 💔

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"hyung, do you want to go downstairs?" sunoo tried to ask heeseung, who seemed too preoccupied with something else.

he's been sitting at the corner end of the couch, right beside the railings of the club. he didn't want to come but he also did not want sunghoon's effort to go to waste, so he tried his best to enjoy the party.

"no, i'm good here." he looks down at his glass filled with cold water. "what about you? you should go dance with your boyfriend."

sunoo lets out a smile, "we already did that, riki's with his blockmates right now." he then pursed his lips together. "are you okay?"

no, i don't think so. "yeah, i'm alright."

"liar. why do you always lie when it comes to me?"

the loud music continues, but heeseung heard sunoo's voice clearly. he must've been worried about what happened earlier.

"i'm sorry-"

"hyung, please. i don't want to hear you apologize over and over again. can't you just tell me if you're having a hard time?" he heard the plea in sunoo's tone. the same tone i heard when i broke up with him.

"i never... questioned you when you broke up with me, and i let you do things on your own. but hyung, i'm your best friend too."

heeseung kept quiet, whilst sunoo looks at him.

"so don't try to carry everything on your own, okay?" sunoo pats his back before giving him an encouraging smile.

"ayo! why are you two just sitting here looking glum?" the atmosphere quickly changed when sunghoon joined them, his hands holding two glasses of margarita.

"i'm not drinking that," sunoo finally stands up. "i'm gonna look for my baby, see you later."

sunghoon rolled his eyes and took a sip on the margarita, while he gives the other glass to heeseung. "here, take this as a sign of my ever loyalty to you."

heeseung chuckled. "you're enjoying this party too much." he takes the glass from sunghoon's hand, drinking it.

"you know me so well, bff."

sunghoon walked towards the railings and stared at the first floor of the club. he lets out an amused laugh afterwards, as if he's watching some entertaining event.

"look who just got wasted." heeseung looked curious so he stood beside his friend to check what he was looking at.

huh? isn't that jake and jay? he observed how jay tried to wake the sleeping jake on their table.

so jake's drunk? "did jake arrive here early? he looks like he had too much to drink."

"beats me, he was with chenle so they probably made him try all the alcohol in the mixer." sunghoon glanced at heeseung, smirking. "you know what, jay could use some help. let's go."

before heeseung knew it, he was dragged by sunghoon downstairs.

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jw ✌🏻 @yinyang tweeted.

📸: @nishi_rk

991 likes | 72 retweets

replies:

@sunscript wow you look so cool here, wonie! 💯
↪@yinyang aw thanks hyung 😄🫶
@chenleave you just entered sophomore but rn you look like a frat boy 😔 where did our wonbaby go 💔
↪@yinyang but you never call me wonbaby? 😟
@hiyyihglow you better not do anything stupid at that party while i'm not around ‼️🧐🤨

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"enjoying the party, jongseongie?"

jay rolled his eyes when he heard the sarcasm on sunghoon's voice. he didn't even have the time to leave the table because jake is now knocked out cold.

"fuck off and go make out somewhere else."

sunghoon fakes a gasp. "why are you saying such thing? so vulgar."

heeseung laughs beside him and then stared at jay who now looks pissed off. "do you need help with jake?"

jay frowned. i do need help, but i don't want yours. he doesn't want to see heeseung near his best friend, it annoys the hell out of him.

"we could let him sleep inside one of the rooms here, although i don't know if there's still vacant ones left." sunghoon tried to suggest.

"no, i'll just take him back to his dorm." jay looked back at jake who seemed to be awake now, although his eyes still look droopy.

"sure, whatever." sunghoon grabs something from his pocket and gives it to heeseung. "use my car and make sure that you two will be back here after dropping him off."

what?! "it's fine, i can go alone-" jay reasoned out but he was cut off by heeseung.

"got it, we'll be back shortly."

"you better be. it's your party and ditching is not allowed." sunghoon waved his hand, "i have to catch up with someone, so i'll leave you two now. bye!"

jay sighed. this idiot just seriously left heeseung here and bolted out.

he eyed heeseung who genuinely looks like he wanted to give him help. whatever, it's better than no one.

"come here, we should carry him to the parking lot." heeseung nodded at jay's instruction and went closer to jake, grabbing his left arm while jay is on the other side.

jake groaned in protest, opening his eyes again. he blinks in confusion, staring at heeseung.

"heeseung...?"

jay was expecting his best friend to cling into heeseung, but his eyes widened a bit when he pushed the guy away from him.

"...no, don't touch me..." jake mumbled, still looking confused. "i don't... i don't want you anymore..."

he must still be drunk. look at him spouting nonsense.

heeseung gets the message and lets jake's arm go while he stepped backwards without a word. he looks like he's not even hurt, jay thought.

"i only need my best friend... i don't need you..." jake latches his arm around jay, almost hugging him.

oh, okay. jay clears his throat, not knowing what to do. fuck, it feels so awkward. he feels heeseung's eyes on them, so he tried to stare back at him.

his eyes were dark, and jay couldn't decipher what he was thinking. he sees him chuckling, as if he finds the situation funny.

"best friend, huh?" heeseung plays with the keys on his hand. "whatever you say, sim jake. whatever you say."

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and we're getting near the end of the first half of this book 😌 book 3 hints are in this update (teeny tiny ones) so enjoy reading! 😉